- “The Role of Mathematics in the Science and Religion Discussion” by P. Douglas Kindschi. Paper prepared for “Science and Religion: Global Perspectives” June 4-8, 2005.(.pdf)
- June 4-8, 2005, in Philadelphia, PA, USA, a program of the Metanexus Institute
- “Math: Gift from God or Work of Man? Mathematics, Religion and Evolution in School Curricula” by John Allen Paulos
- “Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith” by Daniel J. Cohen and Tony Crilly. Victorian Studies, Winter 2008, Vol. 50, No. 2, Pages 336-337.
- Perlovsky, Leonid I. “Science and Religion: Scientific Understanding and Mathematical Modeling of Emotions of the Spiritually Sublime(.pdf).”
- “The Banach-Tarski paradox or what mathematics and religion have in common” by Volker Runde, 2002.
- Seneta, Eugene. “Mathematics, religion and Marxism in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.” Historia Math. Vol. 31, No. 3 (2004): 337-67.
- “Math Professor Wins a Coveted Religion Award” by Dennis Overbye. The New York Times, March 16, 2006.
- “Group sees glimpses of divinity in math.” The Boston Globe, July 28, 2007.
- “Math + religion = Trouble; Actually, since Pythagoras the relationship between men of numbers and the Deity has been more along the lines of love-hate, but it’s a rich vein” by Ron Csillag. The Toronto Star, Jan. 26, 2008.
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In their own ways, mathematics and religion are both used to solve real-world problems. While they may come at problem-solving from different points of view, they share a study of abstract concepts and are both based on the idea that objects are unchanging and that truths are certain and universal. Some religious beliefs have adopted mathematical ideas for religious or metaphysical purposes. Others have considered specific numbers and shapes to have mystical powers and divine meaning. Some people would argue that math itself is a religion, because of mathematicians’ belief that nature is simple, comprehensible and to be understood. Read More »